One typical characteristic differentiating U.S. public policy compared to Europe is that U.S. governments often use tax incentives rather than explicit government programs to pursue particular policy goals (which include providing pensions, medical insurance, home ownership, or private investment). For example, European governments might provide larger government pensions for retirees where the U.S. might provide modest government pensions through Social Security and then encourage firms […]

Both the Genesis Energy and Sensible Essentials teams believe that the client engagement was very successful. All the critical learning tools were fully explored. However, the operations management team believes there were several topics that were not covered but are important to their respective disciplines. These topics centered primarily on selecting/developing meaningful and rational measurements of performance as they relate to measuring the success of […]

Choose two recent articles about the same topic that appeared in The Wall Street Journal this semester. Describe the articles, explain how they are related and state how YOU feel the articles are relevant to students studying finance.  Your submission should be a minimum of 500 words, clearly written, with sources cited including dates, page numbers or URLs, with spelling and grammar checked before posting. […]

Pam Jenkins recently married Josh Brock. Pam continues to work as a sales representative for a clothing manufacturer, and her monthly income has averaged $2,840 a month over the past year. Josh is employed as a computer programmer and earns $3,000 a month. Their combined monthly income allows them to live comfortably. Yet they have been unable to save any money for emergencies.  According to […]

For this assignment you will write a paper that examines lessons learned from globalization efforts and predicts the future of globalization. Select one country from each list, (for example, Japan from List 1 and South Africa from List 2).  Analyze the historical and current political, economic and legal factors for both countries selected and explain any factors that hindered foreign investment in these countries.   Analyze […]

 Principles of Business Management Week 2 Assignment S.M.A.R.T. Goals To complete this week’s S.M.A.R.T. goals assignment please include all of the following elements: Step 1: List 3 goals you either have, or would like to have (Financial, Fitness, Career, Education, Relationship, etc.) Step 2: Use the S.M.A.R.T goal format to further develop those goals. Step 3: In 500-750 words (approximately 2-3 pages), explain how the […]

Our final objective is to take the information we analyzed in the first homework assignment and attempt to value Proctor & Gamble (PG) to determine whether it would make sense to invest in the stock today (2/26/16).   Use the excel template provided to assess any historical and forecasted data.  99% of your quantitative information will come from your calculations but if you have downloaded anything, […]

Our final objective is to take the information we analyzed in the first homework assignment and attempt to value Proctor & Gamble (PG) to determine whether it would make sense to invest in the stock today (2/26/16).   Use the excel template provided to assess any historical and forecasted data.  99% of your quantitative information will come from your calculations but if you have downloaded anything, […]

 Corporations often use different costs of capital for different operating divisions. Using an example, calculate the weighted cost of capital (WACC). What are some potential issues in using varying techniques for cost of capital for different divisions? If the overall company weighted average cost of capital (WACC) were used as the hurdle rate for all divisions, would more conservative or riskier divisions get a greater […]

 Option 3: Traditional Paper Research define, and describe communication styles, the types of communication, and why communication is important to an organization. The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded: • Write between 500 – 750 words (approximately 2 – 3 pages) using Microsoft Word. • Use APA style. • Use font size 12 and 1” margins. • Include […]